I have a fun Christmas/baby-related craft to share today!
I’m going to a holiday-themed baby shower tomorrow and I wanted to (attempt to) make a festive diaper wreath to bring along with my gift. I found an awesome tutorial online – and followed the instructions … for the most part.
Below are my step by step instructions 🙂
I obviously had to make a cup of cocoa in my favorite mug before I got started 🙂
Alright, here we go!
Materials needed: Diapers, thick ribbon, thin ribbon, 2 cardboard cutouts (I used cake boards), hot glue gun, scissors, tape, and a (not pictured) box cutterThe center of the cardboard needed to be removed. To do so, I traced a small paper plate in the center cut it out with my box cutter. I did this to both pieces.Hot glue popsicle sticks to one side of the cardboard for added supportHot glue the two pieces of cardboard togetherTime to start wrapping diapers! I used scotch tape to secure each one.Wrap & hot glue a piece of the thick ribbon around each diaperAt this point I ran into my first issue. My cardboard donut was too small & wouldn’t allow me to get the diapers very close together #FAILSo I rolled a few diapers much tighter so that they could be used to fill in the empty spaces.(Apologies in advance for the lack of photos for these steps) First, I hot glued the large diapers to the cardboard base, then placed the smaller diapers on top to fill the bare spaces (I did not secure them). From here, hot glue the end of the ribbon strand to the back of the cardboard and begin to weave/wrap it over and around each diaper until you’ve gone around the entire donut. Then secure a new strand of ribbon to the back and weave/wrap it around each donut again – just in the opposite direction to achieve the X.Nasty glue gun casualties.Tie a large piece of the big ribbon around the back to create a bow. I decided to buy a santa teether/rattle to hang in the middle to spruce it up.And taa-daaa! How cute is this!? If it weren’t made of diapers I would totally make one for my apartment!
This was a really fun project (minus the injuries) and I would totally recommend making one for a friend or family member who has a new baby this holiday season!
Have you made a diaper wreath before?
Any suggestions for non-diaper material I could use to make another one?
XOXO
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It came out GREAT!! LOVE it!!
Thank you! It was well received. I’d like to try making another one with a bigger donut & different ribbons.